Windows Servers

Hotfix for Windows XP KB954550-v5
I also would like to know what this patch is. We are experiencing an IIS related problem after this patch got applied and can't find any information about it. Also, Add / Remove programs doesn't allow us to uninstall. It also didn't create an uninstall patch directory in C:\Windows. What's going on with t... 26 Nov 2009 05:23

Install Hyper-V server on Windows 7 client
Is it possible to install Hyper-V server on a windows 7 client? Right now I'm running windows server 2008 Rs configured as a work station and overall its great. the 1 main reason why I', using Win 08 R2 as a work station is because I need to use Hyper-V. However, there are a few programs that will not run on... 22 Oct 2009 16:25

Windows 2008 - 8.3 name creation Is there ever any particularlygood reason to dissable "8.3 name creation" on windows 2008? Even with 300,000- 400,000 files in a directory, I haven not been able to get a performancedifference between the two setti
Is there ever any particularly good reason to dissable "8.3 name creation" on windows 2008? Even with 300,000 - 400,000 files in a directory, I haven not been able to get a performance difference between the two settings. Assuming each file is atlest 1MB in size, is there any real additional wear and tear o... 16 Oct 2009 21:50

Passport Manager Errors
I hope this is the right group... I am running Windows Server 2003 (64bit enterprise edition). I have thousands of PassportManager errors (event ID 5006) in my event log: The description for Event ID ( 5006 ) in Source ( PassportManager ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry in... 16 Oct 2009 17:28

Upgrade painlessly from w2008std to 2008R2std...?
Hi, I consider to upgrade two of our domain controllers to benefit from R2's DFS clustering services. Would the upgrade be painless, or should I expect a lot of tweaking and reconfiguration? rgds jake ... 21 Oct 2009 07:07

Ratio of Servers vs Support Staff
Any advice of server staff vs hardware ratio's? We have over 500 servers located in regional and central sites, multiple hardware platforms and OS, applications and 10 server staff. Does this sound reasonable? Oh yes, and then there are the hundreds of projects, reports, builds, support, daily changes and requests... 18 Oct 2009 09:28

Renew a Certificate
I have a expired certificate, I want to renew it, I use the certmgr.msc tu renew but an error ocurrs 'RPC server is not available' 'no se pudo enviar la solicitud de certificado a la entidad de certificación' how can I solve the problem. one idea is using the web 'https://ryt/certsrv/' ryt is the server nam... 7 Oct 2009 20:56

can not connect via remote desktop after a restart
Hello, We just restart one windows 2008 server, and now we can not connect anymore via remote desktop to it and also the http service is not working anymore. but we can ping the server ! do you have some idea of what could have happen to the server ? Thanks you by advance -- stephane Http://www.ark... 3 Oct 2009 11:02

NoDomainUI And windows 2008
Hello I'm trying to use the registry parameter 'NoDomainUI' with Windows 2008. This parameter works fine with windows 2003 to hide the local domain. But it does nothing under Windows 2008. I would like to hide the name of the local domain for my TSE 2008. Do you know how can I do it ? thanks a lot fabrice... 21 Sep 2009 08:53

Horrid Frustration With Windows 7 Deployment Using WDS
So I'm going crazy because I just can't seem to find the answer I'm looking for anywhere. When installing from a vanilla install.wim from the Windows 7 DVD to WDS on Server 2008, it will automatically join the domain and name your computer based on the login credentials used. Now, if create a reference compute... 18 Sep 2009 08:53